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- Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups Thu, 3 Sep 26, 12:23pmQueensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels
- The no-go zone paradox: Chornobyl’s wildlife thrives amid pro-nuclear shift Thu, 23 Apr 26, 9:00pmWorld’s worst nuclear disaster leaves mixed legacy of nature’s resilience amid serious contamination, as wars increase lobbying for energy supply
- Eco-Friendly’ Energy Slaughtering Wildlife Wed, 8 Apr 26, 11:00pmBy Vijay Jayaraj Numerous studies by biologists and ornithologists are unequivocal in expressing rising concern about the slaughter of birds and other creatures by so-called eco-friendly technologies...
- ‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico Wed, 1 Apr 26, 2:26amCritics say exemption for fossil fuels exploits White House’s ‘self-made gas crisis’, and could doom the rare Rice’s whale
- ‘If we see you again, we kill you’: how a Colombian wildlife hotspot turned into a death zone Wed, 25 Feb 26, 12:00amArmed groups and a state-owned refinery’s oil leaks have displaced Barrancabermeja’s fishing community and poisoned a paradise once full of manatees and jaguars
- ‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’ Tue, 9 Dec 25, 8:00pmUN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
- ‘Will it change the weather? Will wildlife cope?’: Europe rushes to build energy megaprojects in Chile Fri, 14 Nov 25, 11:00pmThe country’s government is upbeat about the economic prospects of the growing number of windfarms, solar parks and industrial complexes but others warn of ‘green colonialism’
- ‘Will it change the weather? Will wildlife cope?’: Europe’s rush to build energy projects in Chile might not be as green as it seems Fri, 14 Nov 25, 11:00pmThe country’s government is upbeat about the economic prospects of the growing number of windfarms, solar parks and industrial complexes but others warn of ‘green colonialism’
- Britain’s red-tailed bumblebees may have an unlikely saviour in solar farms Wed, 5 Nov 25, 5:00pmThough intensive farming has ravaged its habitat, could sensitive planting at energy sites aid the species’ revival?
- Offshore windfarm projects may be exempted from new UK nature rules Wed, 29 Oct 25, 2:04amExclusive: Firms say added costs would mean they are unable to install enough turbines to meet green energy goals
- Which way will the wind blow? Decision day looms for planned windfarm on Tasmania’s Robbins Island Sat, 16 Aug 25, 1:00amBird lovers and business leaders await verdict on a long-fought proposal to build up to 100 turbines
- ‘Erasure of years of work’: outcry as White House moves to open Arctic reserve to oil and gas drilling Sat, 9 Aug 25, 10:00pmUS Bureau of Land management is working to rapidly strip protections to largest tract of land in the US
- China starts building world’s biggest hydropower dam Mon, 21 Jul 25, 11:43pm1.2tn yuan project has broken ground in Tibet, premier says, despite fears of downstream nations India and Bangladesh
- Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision Thu, 22 May 25, 5:18pmEnvironment minister due to decide on controversial plan by end of the month in one of his first major challenges in new portfolio
- Balance of power: Loch Ness hydro storage schemes fuel local anxiety Thu, 13 Mar 25, 1:00amAs energy firms race to meet challenges of storing power, critics worry about fluctuations in the depth of the loch